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UNITED STATES PATENT OrEIcEa JOHN XV. BOTELER, OF VASIIINGTON, DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA.

COMBINATION GAME-Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,583, dated October16, 1883.

Application filed March 2l, 1383. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BorELEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vaslr ington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combination Game-Boxes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combination game-boxes, and theObjectis to produce a game-box in which are combined a cribbage-board, achecker, or chess, or backgammon board, division for playing-cards andchips, dice-boxes and dice, chessmen, and pegs for the Cribbage-board ina neat and compact as well as easily-accessible manner.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully described hereinafter, and speciiically pointed outin the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters refer to like parts in the accompanying drawings, in Which-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the improved game-box. Fig. 2isalongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionofthe same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bottom of the game-box,and B the top or cover, both being made to iit flush upon each other,and can be ornamented elaborately, if desired. Upon the upper surface ofthe top is arranged the Cribbage-board with the usual spaces and holesfor the pegs or pins. In the inside ol' said top is arranged a checker,chess, or backgammon board, b, folded together and held in place by anysuitable button or hook, c. The bottom and top are hinged together,

and a spring-catch, hook, or other fastening device, c, holds themtogether. The bottom is divided by suitable partitions, d, into spacesfor the different kinds of chips used in certain games of cards, fordice-boxes and dice, fora pack of cards, and i'or chessmen, checkers,and the pegs or pins used in playing the gaine ci' cribbage. Thesecribbage-pins may, however,- be inserted into the top in thc ordinarymanner, ii'desired, and held in place by proper buttons.

The game-box can be made of any desired size and conguration, and,asstated above, can be made very neat and ornamental. It can be made ofwood, papier-mache, or any other suitable material, and it affords aready means for playing different kinds of games and keeping them alltogether in a compact manner. The partitions can be arranged at regulardistances apart, if desired, or may be varied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A combination game box for containing a cribbage-board, a checker,chess, or backgammon board, playing cards, chips, dice, and dice-boxes,checkers, chessmen, and Cribbage-pins, all substantially as specified.

2. A game-box having on its top a cribbageboard and on the inside achecker, chess, and backgammon board, and its bottom divided bypartitions for the reception of chips, )laying cards, dice, anddice-boxes, checkers, chessmen, and cribba-ge-pins, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereby atiX my signature in presence oi" twowitnesses.

JOHN YV. BOTELER.

Titnessesz XV. W. GEEENETELD, Saar CRoss.

